Murderous Maids

Dir. Jean-Pierre Denis (2000).
This nuanced thriller walks through one of the creepiest crimes of the 20th centurythe tale of the Papin sisters, two irreproachable household domestics who inexplicably butchered their employers. The movie doesnt share the farcical aspects of Genets The Maids or Chabrols La Ceremonie; its an unnerving exercise in restraint that dramatizes but doesn't explain, the inference being that nothing can.
Tue., June 8, 12:30, 4 & 7:30 p.m., 2010